There is always a variety of show and tell as you can see.
This is even before the main speaker or workshop.
Sunday, 20 March 2011
Alveva Quilters Meeting
Once a month on the third Wednesday Alveva Quilters
meets at The Methodist Chapel Hall in Feltwell at 7pm.
We have a really packed couple of hours.
This week we had amazing show and tell from all round the world.
Above Yvonne Brown told us how she grew as a teenager
in Nigeria and showed us some of the items of clothing
her father had been given.
It had been a real honour by the village. The embroidery was
amazing.
The trouser suit above was made by Yvonne, her sister and
Mother with material they used to buy from the
market there. They must have been really trendy!
More show and tell in other posts.
Saturday, 19 March 2011
Scapbooking
On Wednesday morning I went to The Gallery and
did Scrapbooking .
I have done scrapbooking a few times before but
thought I had better put it on project status.
If you don't set a time and a place to do somethings
then it never gets done!
I had been meaning to archive Jennifer's summer
trips and stays with Grandma and Grand Dad
and had never got round to it, so this is my chance.
Kim a tutor at The Gallery has been doing
card making classes and was starting
once a month scrapbooking.
We we started last month.
Kim is a Memory Craft representative too,
so she has all the papers,cutters, trimmings and wonderful
gadgets to use and play with and you can buy.
This is so good because you can see whether you really like
a piece of equipment and will enjoy using it.
Above are a few of the pages I have done.
The "2000" photos (see what I mean, need to get things done!)
I learnt to use a frame cutters and circle punches in different ways.
Thank you Kim and the other ladies for a great morning.
See more of what goes on @The Gallery
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Indian Textile History
We were told at our Alveva Quilters meeting by
Linda Turner of a wonderful programme about
Indian Textiles and their history.
I have just watched it and it is amazing.
This link is only available until the end of the 18th of March 2011
So everyone enjoy it while you can.
It as it is amazing.
You can watch a master fabric block printer on this video.
See my quilts and wallhangings inspired by India
by clicking HERE
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Embellished Felt
Brenda started last week @The Gallery by
embellishing a background fabric in all blues
with a hint of green.
She had in mind to make her friend a gift which was
so unique and different to anything she had given before.
Brenda had admired the embellished needlecases and
started. Well first session went so quick
for her she embellished her felt and then
mastered embroidery stitches on my sewing machine.
This week was the flowers, leaves and beading.
Inside is lined and has felt pages.
I think it is really beautiful and feels
wonderful to hold.
Her friend is very lucky.
Well done Brenda!
See more embellished artwork at
Stained Glass Patchwork
I really admire Carol she chooses some
wonderful projects to do.
Carol chose a picture of a 1930's stained glass
window and wanted to make it in patchwork.
She had seen some pictures of the Stained Glass patchwork in
some magazines and wanted to make her own.
So, we made a pattern and and then she traced it.
Cut all the little pieces out, labelling the paper which you
put on top as you go.
(It's like a fabric jigsaw puzzle!).
I have previously posted this photo.
It is then a matter of taking section by section,
laying the black bias binding on the top of the joins
remembering to figure out how to hide all the
edges of the bias binding underneath the other ones.
You can see this in the top picture.
Carol brought the iron on and very fine bias
which looks wonderful so far as you can see.
By clicking on the 'Stained glass patchwork', label
below you can see the finished piece of work.
Bolliwood Changes
This is Jeanette's 'Bolliwood Turrets' textile she is working on
at the moment.
The door decoration has changed again this week because
if you compare with the previous 'Bolliwood' posts,
the door, still was'nt right.
Jeanette has also added the leaf vine and embroidery
and of course the Elephants and their
background. It really is
a beautiful piece.
(To see more detail click on the image).
If you want to see more posts on
Bolliwood Turrets or India inspiration,
underneath this post there is a line of labels,
next to the comments.
If you click the label word you are interested in,
all the posts that are relevant, will come up so
you can see the progress as well.
You can see even more India Inspiration
by clicking the India Inspiration photo
on the right too.
Enjoy.
Jeanette's Textile Picture
Jeanette creates some wonderful textiles.
So richly layered, embroidered and beaded.
She allowed me to take a picture of her and
her textile art, that she had borrowed back from a
friend to show us.
Thank you Jeanette.
Sorry, about the shiny photo of her work above.
Jeanette is also the lady behind 'Bolliwood Turrets'.
Curtain Remake
Syliva finished her first patchwork quilt and
can now announce she has a new Great Grand Daughter!
Lovely!
Syliva wanted to make cushions for her dinning room
chairs and wanted to use the extra curtains she had
and any fabric we had in the Gallery tub.
She made a paper pattern and the made patchwork.
Also adding some ties to keep the cushions on the
chairs. She has made four of them and they
brighten up the room and feel nice to sit on!
Tailor made!
Syliva this week made an Art tidy,
from some more of the curtaining and lining
fabric. A real make over!
and really useful.
I think we are all looking again at what we can create
out of what we have!
See lots of this on my website
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
1950's Remake
Pat was given a pair of appliqued and embroidered
1950's chair back covers and she decided
she would like to remake them into something so they
could be used and enjoyed.
So, Pat came up with the idea of cushions.
They were cut down to size and the linen used
to make the backs along with some pink
gingham trim for the cushion pad pocket.
Also piping added.
Here you can see one the right way round and
one inside out, ready to finish.
Well done Pat your
'Make Do and Mend",
turned out beautiful.
Cushions to be proud of.
Gallery Day 15th March 2011
Gallery Days start off nice and slow and by tea time at 11am!
sometimes later!
as it was this week it was really mixed media creating.
Thank you ladies, for being so patient,
for me to get round,
as nearly everyone was beginning new projects.
Thank you also to Pat for making the tea.
This is just the morning session.
There's an afternoon creating one too!
See more at what goes on @The Gallery.
Monday, 14 March 2011
Quilting Beginnings
This is the quilt sewn by the beginners in a few hours at the Weeting
Quilters meeting.
It was a wonderful meeting and all are welcome to help make,
donate fabrics and quilts for Ann's Legacy and in her words,
"To everyone who feels as compassionate about the situation of those forgotten people as I am, I give you my grateful thanks.
Visit
Weeting Quilting Group
I was invited along to Weeting Quilt Group on Monday.
They meet the second Monday of every month at Weeting Community Centre from 11.30am until 3pm. Everyone made me feel very welcome and we were all sewing almost straight away.
Even new ladies whom it was their first time were taken under several peoples wing
and showed how to choose fabric, cut sew and were soon machining strips together.
At lunch time we stopped for lunch of course but also 'Show and Tell'.
The reason I had been invited by Chris the organiser was to join in on a project started by Ann, Chris's dear friend who has just died from cancer, after just 12 weeks after being told.
She wanted to leave a legacy of quilts and quilt making for the victims of The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. It is 25 years after the event but the land will not be safe for
up to 600 years. Even though people are not living close to the area
the surrounding land is still contaminated.
The children have grown up and because they have had to eat the contaminated food and breathe the air they are having childbirth issues and their life expectancy and conditions mean many are placed in institutions for the rest of their lives.
Ann wanted to help a small local charity at Salters Lode to take warm quilts and
items when they go out to Belarus several times a year. So Chris is fulfilling her friends
wish and she showed us several of the quilts.
There will be a blog shortly so you can see the blog
and Anne's Legacy at work.
See Lifeline 4 Chernobyl a wonderful website
and so insightful
Fat Quarters
These are the fat quarters I was brought for Alveva Quilters
fabric box. We also have them as our raffle prizes so the box
needs regular stocking up.
Stewart helped me choose them from the different
fat quarter tubs around the hut.
It has to be a mixture so there is something for
everyone's taste.
So what is a fat quarter?
The best way to explain this is, you take a metre
or yard of fabric and when you divide it normally into the
four divisions across, these would be "long quarters'.
They are 25 cms wide by how ever long the fabric is
but when you cut the yard or metre in half
and then halve it fat ways you have four large rectangles or
what Quilters call "Fat Quarters".
See what I do with my fabrics on my website
Fabric Shopping
OOooo, every quilter loves to go fabric shopping,
especially when it is for someone else!
Chilford Quilt Exhibition was on at Linton
near Cambridge but I decided to go to
Shan's at The Scout Hut in Hunstanton.
This is just part of one wall of fabric!!
So much choice you always find something to
match or get started on.
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